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This is Global Rainbow.

This laser light sculpture by Yvette Mattern projects the full spectrum of the rainbow [ROYGBIV] using high specification lasers that can be seen for over 35 miles. Seen here, it is projected from Scrabo Tower in Northern Ireland, March 2012. This installation is the closest approximation of what Mattern’s work looked like in New Haven.

This isNight Rainbow | Global Rainbow New Haven.

Beginning on April 24, 2013, Site Projects Inc. projected Night Rainbow | Global Rainbow New Haven from the base of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument at the summit of East Rock. The four-night-exhibition kicked-off citywide celebrations of the 375th Anniversary of New Haven. The beams crossed above the Green, Interstate Highway 95, West Haven and finally diminished into Long Island Sound.

Here was the trajectory. Click on any map for a higher resolution image.

Night Rainbow | Global Rainbow New Haven in the Downtown

Site Projects presents Night Rainbow | Global Rainbow New Haven with the support of: John DeStefano, Mayor of New Haven; Vivian Nabeta, Director of the Department of Arts, Culture and Tourism; Robert Levine, Director of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Trees; Market New Haven; Info New Haven; Town Green Special Services District and Arts Council of Greater New Haven

Brief History of the Rainbow

Global Rainbow was initially created for one-night projection with limited technology in New York City on MLK Day in 2009. The Rainbow has subsequently been exhibited in Berlin (titled, From One to Many); Toulouse and Nantes, France; Utrecht, Netherlands; three regions in the UK as part of the Cultural Olympiad – a prelude to the 2012 London Olympic Games; Metz, France and most recently in New York City as Global Rainbow: After the Storm, a benefit for those affected by Hurricane Sandy.